Christian Kennedy’s Song.
1
The lea shall have its lily bells,1
The tree its bud and blossom,2
But when shall I have my leal love3
Hame frae the faithless ocean.4
2
Sair, sair I pled, and followed him5
With weeping and with wailing ;6
He broke his vow, and broke my heart,7
And sighed, and went a sailing.8
3
All night I woo the tender stars,9
With eyes upturned and mourning,10
And every morn look to the sea,11
For my leal love returning.12
4
Oh sweetly sweet would be the sleep,13
That knows no dream or waking,14
And lang and green may the grass grow15
Aboon a heart that’s breaking.16